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lookout
noun
[ ˈlʊkaʊt ]
• a place from which to keep watch or view the landscape.
• "a fortified lookout tower"
Similar:
observation post
, lookout point, lookout station, lookout tower,
watchtower
,
tower
,
post
, coastguard station,
• used to indicate whether a likely outcome is good or bad.
• "‘What if he gets fits?’ ‘It's a bad lookout in that case.’"
Similar:
outlook
,
prospect
, view of the future,
future
, chances, expectations,
Phrases
be one's lookout
• be a person's own responsibility or problem.
"if you can't take an interest in local affairs, that's your lookout"
be on the lookout for
• be alert to (danger or trouble).
"he told them to be on the lookout for dangerous gas"